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hypocrisy in action?

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"I want you to use my words against me. If there's a Republican president in 2020 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said let's let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination."

Lindsey Graham in 2016

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"In the last 80 years, we have not once - has the Senate confirmed the nomination made in an election year and now is not the year to start."

Ted Cruz 2016

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"[Mr. Obama] could let the people decide and make this an actual legacy-building moment, rather than just another campaign roadshow."

Mitch McConnell in Feb. 2016

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@ponderable said
"[Mr. Obama] could let the people decide and make this an actual legacy-building moment, rather than just another campaign roadshow."

Mitch McConnell in Feb. 2016
That’s what does my nut in about this. The republicants let the seat sit empty for a whole year under Obama but now with six weeks to go they cannot wait long enough to “let the people decide”.

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And where are the conservatives speaking out against their own party's hypocrisy? They're nowhere to be found.

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@vivify said
And where are the conservatives speaking out against their own party's hypocrisy? They're nowhere to be found.
There is plenty of hypocrisy to go around.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/09/19/watch-biden-says-biden-rule-doesnt-exist-n2576509

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@metal-brain said
There is plenty of hypocrisy to go around.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/09/19/watch-biden-says-biden-rule-doesnt-exist-n2576509
There was no vacant seat when Biden said that. That was merely a hypothetical.

Even so, Democrats didn't BLOCK a president from choosing a Justice; Republicans did . Biden is just one person; the entire Republican party engaged in stunning hypocrisy.

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@vivify said
And where are the conservatives speaking out against their own party's hypocrisy? They're nowhere to be found.
Why should we do that when the forum has vivify, Kevcvs, sonhouse and a blizzard of libs to do it? lol

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@earl-of-trumps said
Why should we do that when the forum has vivify, Kevcvs, sonhouse and a blizzard of libs to do it? lol
Because your honor depends on it.

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I seriously doubt the democrats wouldnt do the same if they had the power in their hands.

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@mott-the-hoople said
I seriously doubt the democrats wouldnt do the same if they had the power in their hands.
No, they wouldn't, because your BS "rule" was stupid on the face of it. You shouldn't have created such a nonsense "rule" in the first place.

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@suzianne said
No, they wouldn't, because your BS "rule" was stupid on the face of it. You shouldn't have created such a nonsense "rule" in the first place.
you can thank harry reid for the "nuclear" option.

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@mott-the-hoople said
you can thank harry reid for the "nuclear" option.
Moscow Mitch created the "I'm going to withhold a vote on Obama's pick for 11 months until a Republican takes office" rule.